Soldiers of the 9th Australian Infantry Division at the ready with a captured Italian Cannone da 47/32 mod. 47 mm anti-tank gun.  The photo was taken during the battles at El Alamein, Egypt, 1942.  
  The Cannone da 47/32 mod. 1935 was an Italian artillery piece, that was used both as an infantry gun and an anti-tank gun; it was effective against lightly armored tanks.

Aussies in North Africa

Australian 2 pounder gun of 13th Battery, 4th Anti-Tank Regiment, firing on Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go light tanks of the 14th Tank Regiment on the Muar-Parit Sulong road on 18 January 1942. Sergeant Charles Parsons and his crew were credited with destroying six of the nine tanks in this engagement.

Action during the Malayan Campaign

An Australian army officer interrogates Japanese soldiers captured during the fighting in Papua New Guinea. Standing watch over the proceedings are armed Papuan scouts.